PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE FOR 35 YEARS
The role of a Personal Care Assistant (PA) is varied and interesting, ranging from basic personal care (dressing, bathing, feeding, cooking, and cleaning) to providing unique insights into an individual’s life and learning skills (assisting someone at work, in social activities, or at events). ILA also has vacancies supporting disabled people in their workplace by filing, scanning documents, taking notes, etc.
Do you want to work in an environment where every day you empower a disabled person to do what they want to do?
We believe that everyone should be in control of their daily lives; every decision and choice is up to the disabled person—needing assistance does not mean losing control and independence.
If you agree with this, consider working as a Personal Assistant with Independent Living Alternatives:
* Independent Living Alternatives is a user-controlled organisation – the people who use the service control the service.
* We have full-time and part-time work across London with physically disabled people living independently in their own homes.
* Salaries start from £13.15 per hour plus holiday and pension.
* You choose when you work and when you don’t; you also decide if you want a flexible or fixed contract of employment.
* We offer free online training for The Care Certificate, First Aid, Health and Safety, and Being a Personal Assistant; you don’t pay for your DBS.
* You will receive full training to work with each person you assist.
* No experience is needed to work as a Personal Assistant with Independent Living Alternatives—just an open mind and a willingness to learn.
* PAs are great communicators, have lots of patience, excellent listening skills, and can follow instructions to assist the disabled person effectively.
* Disabled people tell us that PAs are flexible, and PAs enjoy the diversity of disabled people they work for, including artists, accountants, activists, and homemakers.
* Over 75% of ILA PAs stay for more than a year in their placements.
“I’ve worked with ILA for 10 years now. I know the family and I am happy with the PA user; I like the mornings as we talk a lot and there are always interesting topics – I’ve learnt loads regarding disability and social services.”
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